LEBRON JAMES could rightly claim to be the greatest player of all time over Michael Jordan, Fox Sports’ Colin Cowherd has suggested.

LeBron James can rightly claim to be the greatest player of all time, Cowherd said (Image: GETTY)

The debate comparing LeBron James to Michael Jordan for the title of “The Greatest” kicked off once again last week after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey claimed the statistics showed James was a better player “by a big margin”.

But on yesterday’s episode of The Herd, host Colin Cowherd suggested Morey’s assessment of the pair was accurate, claiming Jordan’s legacy might not have developed the way it was allowed to during today’s Twitter era.

Jordan won six NBA championships during his time in the NBA (Image: GETTY)

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“Analytics are a magnifying glass on sports… if Michael played today, with Twitter, every night, every game is on TV now, now just ESPN highlights, you [would] watch Michael and then respond directly to Michael, you took shots at Michael…

“You wouldn’t like Michael as much, and he would be a look like [Russell] Westbrook.

“You would be like ‘oh my god does he miss a lot of three-pointers’, ‘oh my god, he is great but hard to play with’, ‘oh my god, did you see he’s 3/12 on three-pointers tonight’.

“I’m not saying Michael Jordan wouldn’t be great, that is not what I’m saying…

The 33-year-old has won three NBA championships during his career (Image: GETTY)